CITATION FOR AWARD OF BRONZE STAR MEDAL.
(Published in General Orders No. 344, Hq 82d Abn Division)
Donald M. Johnston. 3136160. Private, 508th Parachute Infantry. For heroic conduct in action on 3 July 1944, west of La Haye Du Puits, France. When his battalion was attempting to secure high ground west of La Haye Du Puits, Private Johnston. Rifleman in Company A 508th Parachute Infantry, voluntarily moved to a position behind a house where enemy enemy troops were endeavoring to set up a strong point. They immediately directed heavy machine gun and rifle fire against him. In spite of that fire, he delivered such effective rifle fire that the enemy was unable to establish this position, which would have held up the battalion attack and inflicted heavy casualties in our troops.
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